The Secret Lives of Numbers by Alfred S. Posamentier

Author:Alfred S. Posamentier [Posamentier, Alfred S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9781633887619
Publisher: Prometheus

THE NUMBER 44

On July 10, 1890, the state of Wyoming was the 44th state to join the United States. The international telephone code for the United Kingdom is There are 44 candles in a complete box of Hanukkah candles.

The number 44 is a palindromic number as well as an octahedral number, which is the number of closely packed spheres that fit into a regular octahedron. Octahedral numbers can be found with the formula: In this case

Furthermore, the first 44 numbers can be partitioned into four sets so that any two members of each set form a unique sum within that set. These sets are: and

We can also generate a prime number with the number 44 as follows:

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